A-Z Movies

April 2017
A-Z Movies
Michael Keaton, Geraldine Page.
In this hilarious send-up of 1930s
gangster films, a devoted son turns
to a life of crime in order to pay for his
mother’s operation. Life is good until
he must deal with a rival gangster.
Johnny Eager
FOX CLASSICS 1942 Mystery/Crime
April 27
Robert Taylor, Lana Turner.
A district attorney’s daughter falls in
love with a gangster the DA is trying
to put in jail.
Johnny English
FAMILY 2003 Comedy (PG)
April 7, 12, 18, 23, 28
Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller.
A clueless super spy tries to save the
day without denting the nation’s pride.
Journey To The CentER
Of The Earth
ACTION 2008 Family (PG)
April 2, 9, 14, 24, 27, 30
Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson.
An adventurous professor and his
team discover strange worlds and
alien creatures far beneath the surface
of the Earth.
Joy
ROMANCE 2015 Comedy (M l)
April 21
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper.
The incredible true story of Joy
Mangano, a woman who founded
a business dynasty and became a
matriarch in her own right.
Joyful Noise
ROMANCE 2012 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 9, 13, 22, 25
Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton.
When a small town choir decides to
enter into a national competition to
lift the town’s spirits, leading lady, GG
Sparrow faces off with her choir’s new
director, over the group’s direction.
Jumper
ACTION 2008 Action/Adventure (M lv)
April 2, 13, 17, 27
Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson.
A young man discovers he can
teleport himself anywhere due to a
genetic anomaly. But he finds himself
in a war against those sworn to kill
Jumpers.
The Jungle Book
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2016 Action
Family (PG)
April 6, 12, 17, 22, 27
Neel Sethi, Bill Murray.
Mowgli, a man-cub who was raised
in the jungle by a family of wolves,
embarks on a captivating journey of
self-discovery when he’s forced to
abandon the only home he’s ever
known.
Juno
MASTERPIECE 2007 Comedy (M al)
April 8, 16, 26
Ellen Page, Michael Cera.
Juno MacGuff is a cool, confident
teenager who takes a nine-month
detour into adulthood when she’s
faced with an unplanned pregnancy
and sets out to find the perfect parents
for her baby.
Jurassic World
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 7, 12
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard.
When genetically modified dinosaurs
run amok at a new themed resort, a
former military man and animal expert
must use his special skills to halt an
all-out prehistoric slaughter.
Just A Kiss
ROMANCE 2002 Romance (MA 15+ a)
April 10, 15, 19, 23
Marley Shelton, Rod Eldard.
It’s not simple being a young, single
professional living in Manhattan and
looking for love. All they wanted was
the relationship of their dreams, but
they got a hilariously convoluted
nightmare.
Just Friends
ROMANCE 2005 Comedy (M s)
April 8, 16
Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart.
Chris was a fat nerd and in love with
his best friend Jamie, but she only
thought of him like a brother. Ten years
later, Chris is a hot music exec who
encounters Jamie again and sets out
to be more than just friends.
Just Like Heaven
ROMANCE 2005 Romance (PG)
April 7
Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo.
David sublets his quaint San
H = PREMIERE
Francisco apartment, but the last
thing he expected, or wanted, was a
roommate. Elizabeth suddenly shows
up, adamantly insisting the apartment
is hers, and then disappears as
mysteriously as she appeared.
Just My Luck
ROMANCE 2006 Comedy (PG)
April 14
Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine.
After a chance meeting with a downand-out
young man, Ashley realises
she swapped her luck for his.
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K-19: The Widowmaker
THRILLER 2002 Thriller/Suspense
(M a)
April 16, 18, 22, 27
Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson.
Popping rivets, claustrophobic
tunnels, clashing egos – the only thing
that’s missing are the depth charges in
this true story of a malfunction aboard
a Russian sub in 1961 that heated up
the Cold War.
Kate & Leopold
ROMANCE 2001 Comedy (PG)
April 3, 16, 22, 27
Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman.
Romance ignites when a rip in time
entwines a 19th-century bachelor
and a 21st-century woman. The starcrossed
lovers discover that passion
and chivalry never go out of style.
H Keanu
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ dlv)
April 13, 14, 19
Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key.
When their beloved kitten, Keanu, is
catnapped, a straight-laced pair must
impersonate ruthless killers in order to
infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the
purloined feline.
Kicking & Screaming
FAMILY 2005 Family (PG)
April 3, 11, 16, 21, 27
Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall.
The coach of a hopeless kids soccer
team is headed for a showdown with
his ultra-competitive father’s team, but
he has to toughen up if his squad has
any chance of winning.
Kill Me Three Times
ACTION 2014 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ sv)
April 5, 17, 28
Simon Pegg, Teresa Palmer.
Set in a sunny surfing town, this
dark comedy thriller sees a cunning
assassin discover that he isn’t the
only person trying to kill the wayward
young wife of a motel proprietor.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
COMEDY 2005 Comedy (MA 15+ lsv)
April 4, 12, 16, 22
Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer.
A petty thief posing as an actor is
brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely
audition, but soon finds himself in the
middle of a murder investigation.
Kiss Me Kate
FOX CLASSICS 1953 Musical/Dance
April 15, 28
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel.
Fred and Lilly are a pair of divorced
actors brought together by Cole Porter
who has written a musical version of
The Taming of the Shrew.
Knight Of Cups
MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (M alns)
April 7, 24
Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett.
Addicted to success, a bored
Hollywood screenwriter living in LA
tries to make sense of the strange
events occurring around him.
Knock Knock
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ alsv)
April 5, 9, 16, 25
Keanu Reeves, Lorenzo Izzo.
A happily married man finds his world
turned upside down by two lost and
seemingly innocent young girls. When
he falls into temptation with the girls,
his night becomes a nightmare.
Knowing
ACTION 2009 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M a)
April 20
Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury.
When a time capsule is dug up at his
son’s school, a father recognises the
terrifying prophetic significance of
the contents.
Kung Fu Panda 3
FAMILY 2016 Family (PG)
April 5, 15, 25
Jack Black, Angelina Jolie.
Po’s martial arts adventures bring
him full circle as he takes on the
responsibilities of a teacher to
become a master of the past and
the future.
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L.A. Confidential
MASTERPIECE 1997 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ v)
April 10, 21, 23
Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey.
Award winning crime drama exploring
corruption of the 1950’s Los Angeles
police force and the sleazy world of
organised crime.
La Dolce Vita
WORLD MOVIES 1960 Italy, France
Drama (M a)
April 12, 13
Dir. Federico Fellini, Marcello
Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee.
In Fellini’s decadent celebration of
the shallowness of humanity, a gossip
columnist goes in search of the next
scandal or party.
Ladder 49
ACTION 2004 Drama (M al)
April 2, 7, 13, 18
Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta.
A fireman trapped in a blazing
skyscraper reflects on his life as his
chief coordinates a desperate rescue
effort. A story of heroes, where the
greatest challenge lies in rescuing one
of their own.
Ladies In Lavender
MASTERPIECE 2004 Drama (M l)
April 15, 20
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith.
Two spinster sisters’ peaceful lives
are turned upside down when they
discover the semi-conscious body of a
Polish castaway.
Lady And The Tramp
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1955
Animation
April 2, 7, 13, 19, 23, 28
Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts.
An irresistible song-filled adventure
about Lady, a lovingly pampered
cocker spaniel, and Tramp, a roguish
mutt from across the tracks.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
WORLD MOVIES 1981 UK, France,
West Germany
Drama (R 18+ s)
April 14
Dir. Just Jaeckin, Sylvia Kristel,
Shane Briant.
The sexual frustration of an aristocrat
leads her into a torrid affair with her
gamekeeper in this drama-romance
based on the famous DH Lawrence
novel, which was originally banned
in Australia.
The Lady In The Van
MASTERPIECE 2015 Comedy (M al)
April 4, 9, 19
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings.
Based on the true story of an eccentric
woman who temporarily parked her
broken down van in a writer’s London
driveway for 15 years.
Lady In The Water
THRILLER 2006 Thriller/Suspense (PG)
April 2, 7, 15
When Cleveland rescues a young
woman from his apartment pool he
discovers that she is a character from
a story and sets out to help her from
the creatures determined to keep her
in our world.
The Ladykillers
COMEDY 2004 Comedy (M lv)
April 3, 10, 13, 21
Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans.
A plot to steal a mint unravels when
a gang of misfits are busted by their
little old landlady. But bumping her off
proves harder than they imagined.
Land Before Time XIV:
Journey Of The Brave
FAMILY 2016 Animation
April 4
Damon Wayans Jr, Barry Bostwick.
Littlefoot and friends set out to find his
father, who hasn’t returned from an
important journey.
Land Of The Dead
THRILLER 2005 Horror (MA 15+ hv)
April 10, 27
Simon Baker, John Leguizamo.
Packed with more heart-pounding and
blood-curdling thrills than any theatre
could show, this special unleashes the
ultimate vision of George A Romero’s
latest living-dead shock-fest.
Land Of The Lost
COMEDY 2009 Action/Adventure (PG)
April 3, 8, 13, 21, 23
Will Ferrell, Danny McBride.
A has-been scientist with no weapons,
no skills and no idea at all, lands in
an alternative universe of marauding
dinosaurs and fantastic creatures.
L.A. Story
COMEDY 1991 Comedy (M l)
April 21
Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant.
LA television’s Wacky Weather
presenter Harris Telemacher strives
to find happiness, or at least a date, in
the manic chaos that is Los Angeles.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
ACTION 2001 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 10, 13, 22, 28
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight.
In this spectacular adaptation of the
successful video game, Lara Croft, an
English heiress-turned-archaeologist
battles evil schemers for a key that will
unlock the mysteries of time itself.
Last Cab To Darwin
MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (M al)
April 17, 30
Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver.
After a man is told that he doesn’t
have long to live, he embarks on an
epic drive through the Australian
outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to
die on his own terms.
The Last Emperor
WORLD MOVIES 1987 China, Italy,
UK, France
Drama (M alv)
April 15, 16
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, John Lone,
Joan Chen.
The tumultuous life of Pu Yi, the last
Chinese emperor, from his elite origins
in the Forbidden City to his forced
abdication in 1912 and his return to the
throne under Japanese rule.
Last Tango In Paris
WORLD MOVIES 1973 France
Drama (R 18+ ans)
April 14, 15
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon
Brando, Maria Schneider.
Prepare for the most controversial
film of its era, which was nominated
for two Oscars. Follows a Parisian
woman who embarks on an affair with
an older man.
Laurence Anyways
WORLD MOVIES 2012 Canada
Drama (MA 15+ l)
April 29
Dir. Xavier Dolan, Melvil Poupaud,
Susan Almgren.
Winner at the Cannes Film Festival
2012, this latest film from French-
Canadian director Xavier Dolan (I
Killed My Mother) follows Laurence
and his girlfriend over 10 years, as
Laurence transitions to become a
woman.
Law Abiding Citizen
THRILLER 2009 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ lv)
April 23, 24, 29
Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx.
A mild-mannered family man decides
to take justice into his own hands
when a plea bargain sets his family’s
killer free.
Laws Of Attraction
ROMANCE 2004 Romance (PG)
April 2, 12, 15, 21, 29
Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore.
Get ready to fall in love with this
witty romantic comedy! Can two
high-powered divorce lawyers make
it as man and wife? Find out with the
romance that proves that love always
gets the last word.
The League Of
Extraordinary
Gentlemen
ACTION 2003 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M v)
April 4, 11, 14, 19, 23, 27
Sean Connery, Peta Wilson.
Quatermain’s league members are
staunch individualists, outcasts with
chequered pasts and singular gifts,
both blessing and curse. Now they
must work as a team for the very hope
of civilisation.
Learning To Drive
ROMANCE 2014 Romance (M alns)
April 4, 9, 19, 26
Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson.
When Wendy, a New Yorker facing
a marriage crisis, hires Darwan, an
Indian driving instructor with a deep
respect for tradition, they form an
unlikely friendship.
Leatherheads
ROMANCE 2008 Romance (PG)
April 5, 9, 14, 18
George Clooney, Renée Zellweger.
Set during America’s pro-football
league in 1925, when two dangerous
elements creep into the game: love
and rules.
Legally Blonde
ROMANCE 2001 Comedy (PG)
April 7, 12, 28
Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.
Determined to win her ex-boyfriend
back, a sorority president rallies all
her resources and gets into Harvard,
but law school is a far cry from the
comforts of her poolside mansion
and the mall.
Legally Blonde 2:
Red, White & Blonde
ROMANCE 2003 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 11
Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.
Blonde bombshell Elle is back and
ready to marry the man of her dreams.
But when she defends the other man
in her life, Bruiser the chihuahua,
she is fired.
H The Legend Of Tarzan
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(M av)
April 30
Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie.
When Tarzan travels back to the
Congo, he becomes a pawn in a
deadly game of greed and revenge.
Legend
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ lv)
April 8, 20
Tom Hardy, Emily Browning.
The incredible true story of the Kray
twins, who ran a criminal empire in
London during the 1960s and became
two of the most notorious criminals in
British history.
Lemony Snicket’s A
Series Of Unfortunate
Events
FAMILY 2004 Family (PG)
April 8
Jim Carrey, Emily Browning.
After their parents perish in a
terrible fire, three orphaned siblings
are placed in the care of the evil
genius Count Olaf, who hatches
an outrageous plot to steal their
inheritance.
Lethal Seduction
PREMIERE 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(M av)
April 5, 11, 15, 19
Amanda Detmer, Caleb Ruminer.
High-school senior Mark Richards
has never minded his overprotective
widowed mother, until he comes
under the sexual spell of an older
woman.
Liar Liar
COMEDY 1997 Comedy (M s)
April 15, 16, 22, 25, 30
Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney.
A fast-talking lawyer and habitual liar
discovers that he is unable to tell a lie
or withhold the truth about anything
for 24 hours after his son makes a
birthday wish that comes true.
License To Wed
ROMANCE 2007 Comedy (M s)
April 6, 10, 18, 26
Robin Williams, Mandy Moore.
Ben is itching to marry Sadie, but
Reverend Frank insists they first pass
his patented marriage preparation
course. Forget happily ever after –
they may not even make it to the altar.
The Life And Death Of
Peter Sellers
MASTERPIECE 2004 Drama (M adls)
April 19, 30
Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron.
The film peers behind the many faces
of Peter Sellers to reveal how this
comic genius teetered on the edge
of madness.
Life Of Pi
MASTERPIECE 2012 Action/Adventure
(PG)
April 11
Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan.
The story of a young man’s incredible
survival at sea, against almost
impossible odds.
The Lighthorsemen
FOX CLASSICS 1987 Drama (PG)
April 25, 26
Peter Phelps, Nick Waters.
Four gallant men of the Australian
Light Horse Regiment are thrust into
the last great cavalry charge when the
British campaign in Palestine becomes
stalemated in 1917.
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Like Crazy
ROMANCE 2011 Romance (M ls)
April 6, 12, 19
Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones.
When a British college student falls for
her American classmate, they embark
on a passionate and life-changing
journey only to be separated when
she violates the terms of her visa.
Lilo & Stitch
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2002 Family
April 7, 12, 17, 22
Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders.
A lonely little girl in the tropical
Hawaiian Islands adopts what
she thinks is an innocent puppy,
completely unaware that he is a
dangerous genetic experiment who
has escaped from an alien planet.
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch
Has A Glitch
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2005 Family
April 7, 12, 18, 22
Dakota Fanning, Chris Sanders.
Stitch’s molecular makeup is out of
whack, bringing back his evil self. Lilo
must find a way to restore Stitch’s
goodness level before he ruins
everything, including Lilo’s big hula
competition.
Lincoln
MASTERPIECE 2012 Drama (M alv)
April 5, 17, 23, 27
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field.
In a nation divided by war and the
strong winds of change, President
Lincoln pursues a course of action
designed to end the war, unite the
country and abolish slavery.
Little Fockers
COMEDY 2010 Comedy (M s)
April 2
Ben Stiller, Teri Polo.
After 10 years and two little Fockers,
Ben Stiller returns as Greg, who is still
battling his father-in-law’s suspicions.
Will Greg pass Jack’s final test and
become the family’s next patriarch?
Little Man Tate
MASTERPIECE 1991 Drama (PG)
April 10
Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest.
Two women have conflicting views as
to how a gifted seven-year-old should
be raised.
Little Nellie Kelly
FOX CLASSICS 1940 Musical/Dance
April 9, 17
Judy Garland, George Murphy.
Irish girl Nellie is in love with
handsome Jerry Kelly, even though
her father objects. Nellie and Jerry
soon marry and announce plans
to move to New York, which again
angers Nellie’s father.
A Little Princess
FAMILY 1995 Drama Family
April 9, 20
Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron.
Classic tale of a girl sent to boarding
school in New York when her father
goes off to the Great War. She learns
that despite terrible treatment from a
malicious headmistress, she’ll always
be a princess.
The Little Rascals
FAMILY 1994 Family
April 3, 9, 13, 17, 22, 27
Travis Tedford, Bug Hall.
Alfalfa’s love for Darla threatens the
existence of the He-Man Woman
Haters Club. Further trouble ensues
when their clubhouse is destroyed
and their prized go-cart stolen by
neighbourhood bullies.
Little Secrets
FAMILY 2001 Family (PG)
April 10, 20, 27
Evan Rachel Wood, Michael
Angarano.
Fourteen-year-old Emily Lindstrom
has a thriving neighbourhood
business – for 50 cents, she’ll keep
a secret! Eventually, the weight of
Emily’s secrets sends her life crashing
down.
Little Shop Of Horrors
COMEDY 1986 Comedy (M ad)
April 4
Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene.
An exotic potted plant turns out to be a
carnivorous mean, green mother from
outer space.
The Lobster
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Greece
Drama (MA 15+ av)
April 30
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, Colin Farrell,
Rachel Weisz.